New Gadget 2011

Motorola new centerpiece handset isn’t just one phone- it’s five. The seductively styled RAZR² comes in three different hardware configurations and five software stacks: one each for Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon. I tested four of the five (all but T-Mobile's) and found all of them to be top-notch voice phones with a luxurious design. If you want to go beyond voice and into media, e-mail, or Java applications, though, your mileage will vary by carrier.Beneath the almost identical...

Looking for a 17-inch laptop that’s under a grand? The Toshiba Satellite P205-S6237 fills the bill. It joins the Aver Aspire 9300-5005 as one of the few sub-$1,000 17-inch systems we've tested. At 7.3 pounds, though, the Toshiba is not only lighter than the Acer but also performs better.One reason is the processor. Whereas Acer went with a slower dual-core AMD processor, Toshiba used a 1.73-GHz Intel Core 2 Due T2080, which gave the S6237 a significant performance edge. It ran through Photoshop...

Although Sony’s small-format photo printers have excelled at speed and quality, they've had shortfalls such as high cost per print or limited acceptance of memory card formats. With the Picture Station DPP-FP90, however, Sony seems to have gotten it right. It builds on the best in previous models while adding features such as a big (3.6-inch) color LCD and the ability to read numerous memory card formats.The DPP-FP90 is compact. Measuring 2.3 by 6.9 by 5.3 inches (HWD), it weighs 2.2 pounds and...

Gamers take note: a hot new Alienware rig has landed. Its styling is subtle yet unearthly, avoiding a flashy point job in favor of a Stealth Black design that Batman would love. Despite its modest appearance, it packs the oomph needed to obliterate your gaming opponents, and it doubles as a mean multimedia machine. It'll cost you nearly five grand, but that’s par for a system of its class.The m9750 has the hardware to generate high frame rates. Its Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 is fast (2.33 GHz), though...

Not long ago, R-series ThinkPad’s were regarded as value-oriented, general-purpose machines for their bulkier builds and standard-size screens, but the new R61 changes that perception. With its new widescreen and media-friendly features, it's a nice, affordable solution if you want the ThinkPad experience and can do without Wireless WAN and discrete graphics.The 5.4-pound LenovoThinkPad R61offers either a 14-inch or a 15.4-inch widescreen, at 1,440-by-900 or 1,280-by-800 resolution. You can upgrade...

Boasting impressive image quality, this digital picture frame is unique in two ways. First, it supports onscreen file management; second, it has an intriguing security feature.You can display images and video on the devices 8-inch-diagonal LCD screen and play MP3s as well. The frame's 640-by-480 4:3 screen is very clear and bright, with superb photo quality and smooth video playback. Audio sounded pleasing through the frame's built-in 2.5-watt speakers. It also has a line-out jack and even an onscreen...

Gateway’s flagship convertible tablet PC has a little brother now. The 12-inch widescreen Gateway C-12OX is a pint-sized, low-powered machine that you can actually stand and write with, although performance isn’t where it ought to be for a tablet of this size.At 4.8 pounds, the Vista-savvy C-12OX is nearly half a pound heavier than the Editors’ Choice Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet (4.4 pounds) - largely because of its integrated optical drive and high-resolution 1,280-by-800 screen. The Wacom digitizer...

Looking for an easy, intuitive way to display your digital photos? Kodak's versatile EasyShare, with its 8-inch, 16:9 widescreen, Wi-Fi capability, and support for a wide variety of memory cards, is definitely worth checking out.To start, the device's interface is the most intuitive I've seen. But the real draw here is that you can wirelessly stream photos, video, and music to the frame. To do so, you'll need a Wi-Fi - enabled network (802.11b or g) and Windows Media Player 11. Once I got through...

Voice recognition, the Holy Grail for car navigation, has been available in sow in-dash systems for several years, and now it's finally made its way to the portable market, starting with the Maestro 4050.At first, I was skeptical that a device could recognize speech without any training, but the 4050’s voice recognition worked like a charm. Commands include Nearest Restaurant, Roadside Assistance, and Where Am I? Front there, the 4050 guides you through submenus and immediately calculates a route...

When shopping for a personal navigation, you may not think of LG, but you should. The company's feature packed LN740 represents a great value.Small enough to fit in a shirt pocket; the LN740 isn’t the lightest but is certainly one of the thinnest devices I've reviewed. It comes equipped with the excellent SiRFstarIII receiver and preloaded Navteq maps.What differentiates the LN740 from its less-expensive siblings is a built-in RDS traffic receiver. The receiver’s antenna is clunky- it's more than...

The Katana II- Sanyo’s minor upgrade to the Katana model that it released last year-doesn’t offer much to get terribly excited about. Even so, this slim and trim phone will enjoy strong appeal among voice-centric Sprint customers.Call quality is good, and like other Sanyo phones the Katana II gets quite loud, although, like the original Katana, it tends to distort voices somewhat when played at top volumes. Unfortunately, ringtones are limited to scratchy, low-quality MP3- esque purchased ringtones....

Kudos to LG. It has discovered the scroll wheel, along with force-feedback touch keys, and Verizon’s latest high-profile music phone is much, much better for it. In fact, the new Chocolate is Verizon's best music phone yet.As a phone, the Chocolate's RF reception is unobjectionable. The earpiece also gets plenty loud but distorts a bit when cranked up. Speakerphone volume is sufficient, even outdoors. Sound is just a touch harsh, and I wish the microphone transmitted a bit less background noise,...

Cowon latest flash-based portable media player certainly looks promising on the surface. Once the sexy black device's tiny, low-resolution screen lights up, though, its mystique quickly vanishes. Yes, it works, but it's frustrating to use and the display is a joke.Menu navigation is no fun. Graphics look cheap and the interface is convoluted. Worse, buttons are easy to trigger accidentally, so on less you have the Hold switch on, simply moving the player to another hand or surface could make it...

More pixels mean a more detailed picture – but only if those dots are driven by a capable video processor. Fortunately, Toshiba's new 37-inch LCD HDTV offers a detailed and colorful picture that delivers an immersive viewing experience when displaying HD video. Still, during testing, distracting artifacts did crop up when I was viewing standard-resolution content.The 37HL67’s traditionally modern styling features a glossy black bezel with fixed bottom mounted speakers (2 x 20W). Along with the usual...

Tivo fans and fanatics rejoice the DVR pioneer’s creation provides the HDTV quality you crave without the steep $800 price of last year's Series 3 HD model. Understandably, a few features have been left out, but most folks probably won't miss them.The TiVo HD uses two built-in tuners to record over-the-air ATSC HDTY, unscrambled QAM cable broadcasts, and premium channels, with the help of two CableCARD slots. Since all the modes are "dual tuner," you can record two programs at once or record one...

The recent refresh of Dell’s laptop line, done in part to integrate Intel's new Centrino Duo (Santa Rosa) chipset, has been a bit. One high point is the XPS M1330, which has unseated the Lenovo thinkPad X60 (Vista) as our new Editors' Choice for ultraportables. It's the sum total of everything that's cutting-edge in the ultraportable market today.Dell has packed a generous feature set into the system’s sleek, crimson-covered chassis. This include a 160GB hard drive, a slot-loading DVD burner, and...

High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) returns to launch their progressive transform product. Not only the designed concept, various new feature also planted to the new PDA phone, HTH TyTN II.The HTH TyTN II body is similar to the HTC TyTN first series (HTC "Caesar"), it’s big and wide. The unique, TyTN II slides out construction its more ergonomics than its "old brother". When shifted, the screen display looks like the notebook or laptop designs. It’s the great position to read/ write email and to accessing...

LG Prada of course does not as popular as the iPhone from Apple. But it’s newest Touchscreen technology inspires the Korea vendor to return launch their new product. One of it is LG KS20. Not only have the newest touchscreen technology, many great feature also planted to the phone which shows in world class "Consumer Electronics" exhibition, IFA 2007 Berlin.Similar with LG KE850 and iPhone, the use of standard key pad also lessened in KS20. 262 thousand colors matrix active touch screen, with QVGA...

A fusion of two great features in one package surely will produce the perfection. This is what Sony Ericsson tried to present through the newest" Walkman" series: W580i. The collaboration of music and sport cell phone comes up fashionable, and full of entertainment.Not like the W880i and W200i model which seriously made for the youngster music lover. This new walkman series exactly aims to all people who love music and sport. The stylist designs dedicated to stylish people. The “Walkman” music player...

Navigation feature bases Global Positioning System (GPS) technology now becoming the hottest discussion. Even now, some popular cell phone vendor for example Nokia it’s also has been planted with this location tracker ability. Unhappily, this feature will work maximum if it’s sited side by side with special GPS receiver (module). One of it is GPS MODULE LD-4W from Nokia.Nokia LD-4W designs its similar with mostly Bluetooth headset, tiny and ergonomic. But the ability is absolutely different. This...

Designs factor still become the main trend of wireless peripheral manufacturers in develop their product. Various new innovations it’s also presented. One of it is the Samsung WEP200 Bluetooth headset.The physical of Samsung WEP200 is similar with mostly Bluetooth headset, ellipse but still stylist. Compared to Jabra JX10 and also Nokia BH-800, this made in Korea headset is looks tiny and compact. Its proper, the ergonomics design unfolds is less than 4 cm, whereas the weight is only 9 gram.Samsung...

For whom that appreciating the safety surely familiar with padlock. Form and its color pattern it’s also multifarious. Securities function and more attractive design, makes many other peripherals imitates the mechanism of this lock.“Lock In” and “Lock Out” is the new bling and shine USB flash drive that adopted padlock form, the collaboration product between Philips and famous fashion apparels producer “Swarovski”. Interesting, this peripheral wrapped with glamour “Active Crystals” material. This...

After passing excessively test and selection of 3G campaigns, twelve world cellular operators which merged into GSM Association, finally gives “3G for all” title for LG KU250. 3G cellphone which have value price and supported by third generation multimedia feature and beating other 19 same typical cellphone from 8 registered vendors.Like other low-end cellphone, LG KU250 also looks in “too simple” design. Black plastic casing which covering candy bar design make the LG KU250 looks cheap. So different...

After get CES 2007 awards for the "Innovations Design and Engineering" categorize, BlueAnt Z9 attend to enliven the Bluetooth headset choice in the market. Various modern technology also planted in this made in Australia multimedia peripheral producer.Two microphone is planted to this 4 cm dimension less and 10 gram height peripheral. Both carrying "Voice Isolation Technology" which have been patented by BlueAnt. This revolutionary technology for Digital Signal Processor (DSP) software is able to...

Many people assume that Symbian UIQ is identical with Sony Ericsson P series (P800, P900, P910 and P990). People easily forget about M600 and W950, particularly with the UIQ smartphone made by other vendor for example Motorola. The assumption it’s possible, because by the P series, UIQ find it’s glorious.Now P1 series has come. Some people say it as a fusion between P990 with M600. The reason, P1 series designs no longer look big and fat like previously P series family, but it’s also not even thin...

To pleases all fans and lover, Disney returns to holds mutually California multimedia manufacturer, Sandisk. The collaboration product from this two entertainment giants is a MP3 Player called Sandisk Sansa Shaker.The player designs it similar with drum form with length is 7, 3 cm and 4, 1 cm diameters. The composition of bright color covers the player which having plastic and rubber material combination, makes it comes up attractive.The Sansa Shaker ability to play music is in average level. MP3...

San Fransisco – The rumors about Apple iPod new version launch finally proven. In a press conference at San Francisco, Apple announces the new iPod launch. Touch screen becomes the main feature from this portable music player.This touch screen iPod version applies Apple Safari web browser with wireless built in antenna so user can directly connected to internet in hotspot area. An mp3 player with Wi-Fi, what more’s you want?Apple also adds Google and Yahoo search function, also video device to see...

After before shows the first PDA phone with 3,5G technology, Eten returns to surprised the 'Pocket PC Phone' market through its newest series: Eten Glofiish X500+. This PDA phone claimed as the first PDA Phone which presents high resolution screen (VGA). The screen power is four times more superbly compared to previously PDA phone screen resolution. The result, video and image display looks more sharp and clearly.Windows Mobile 6 Professional used as the operation system. For processor, Eten Glofish...

In Europe and America, bundling program between vendor and operator was not new thing again. Know, the consumption level of the information technology would can be says very effective. For example, the step taken by Research in Motion (RIM). The vendor which popular through the BlackBerry series, cooperate with Vodafone operator to release its newest product: BlackBerry Curve 8310 for Germany region.The Smartphone is the second series from the BlackBerry Curve 8300 that colaborated with T-Mobile...

There is lot of new released MP3 player product with unique form, starting from box form, triangle till imitate the certain character. One of them is Iriver Mplayer. The design concept of this made in Korea MP3 player adopt the Disney icon cartoon character, Mickey Mouse.This small MP3Player have 3 cm diameter, with 17 gram weight. So, this Mplayer look tinier compared to ping-pong ball. It’s suitable to use as accessories like a necklace. Even its tiny, you can count on the Mplayer ability. File...